History Of The Atlantic Slave Trade

The Atlantic Slave Trade is the best known triangular trading system. The Atlantic Slave Trade lasted from the 15th century to the 19th century. There were two people who practically started the Atlantic Slave Trade: Sir John Hawkins started the English Slave Trade and when Christopher Columbus first came to the Americas in 1492 while seeking the West Indies he allowed the Atlantic Slave Trade to begin.

The Atlantic Slave Trade was the selling of African slaves by Europeans that happened in and around the Atlantic Ocean. Most slaves were shipped from West Africa and Central Africa and then were brought over to the the new world, the Americas. The South Atlantic Trade network involved